Razor.



H. H.V SIMMS.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909t Patented Mar. 30, ma

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OLD l-ELSIMIl/IS, OIIE ROCHESTER, YORK, ASSIGNOR Tt) AUT@ STF GMJPANY,

0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YltK.

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Patented Mar@ 3b, 1915..

@riginal application :Elea April 17, 1909, Serial No. 490,56t. Dividedand this application niet September 23, 1909. Seria1No.519,219.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that ll, HAROLD 1-1. SIMMS,

of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Razprs; and l do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

lllhe present invention relates torazors, the subject matter of thisapplication having been divided from an application filed by me on the17th day of April, 1909, Serial No. 490,564.

The object of the invention is to provide a safety razor in which theguard or guards .may be moved to expose the blade edge or p edges forstropping without being removed from the razor, so that there is nopossibility for the loss of any parts of the device.

To these and other ends the invention consists incertain improvementsand comb1- nations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof the specification.

lin the drawings: Figure 1 is an enlarged transverse section of oneembodiment of the invention with the parts in position for shaving; Fig.2 is an enlarged side View of the razor with parts in section, and Fig.3 is a detail view of the guard frame on a smaller scale. *l

. The blade holder of the` illustrated embodiment of theinventionicornprises preferably a supporting member or plate 1 havingpositioning means or pins 2 projecting therefrom for passage throughopenings in a double edged blade 3, the blade being held to thesupporting member by any suitable means as by a retaining member orplate 4 which in this instance is pivoted at one end to the supportingmember as at 5 and secured at its other end by a spring latch 6.

rll`he blade holder may be carried by a frame 7 which is connectedthereto away from the center or middle portions so that a strop may bebrought to engage the edge or edges of the blade. ln this instance theframe 7 is rigidly secured to one end only of the blade holder and ispreferably integral with the supporting plate 1 thereof, so that vaspace is formed opening at the other end of the blade holder into whicha strop or other Sharpener may be introduced laterally. r1`his frameserves as a rigid connector between the blade holder and a handle 8which is preferably hollow and has at one end 'an enlarged portion 9internally threaded 'to engage an boss 10 on the frame 7.

Coperating with the edges of a blade held by the holder are two guards11 formed by longitudinally notched edges on a guard frame or plate 12which in this embodiment 1s movable on the razor to expose the bladeedge or edges. Preferably the side faces 13 externally threaded litilatter when the frame is moved away from the blade holder, and with thisrod may cooperate means for retaining the guard. frame in coperativerelation with the blade holder, said means consisting in this instanceof a nut 17 having a thumb portion 18 and rotatably mounted in the frame7 to engage an enlarged screw threaded portion 16 on the rod 15.

Assume the parts are in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and it isdesired to strop the blade. 'llhe nut 17 is operated by the thumbportion 18 to carry the guard frame away from the blade holder. Afterthe threaded lend 16 has passed through the nut the rod 15, which is ofsmaller diameter than the nut opening, drops into the hollow handle sothat the guard frame will be located in the position shown in Fig: 2,being guided lagainst rotation by v projections 14 cooperating withguide faces face of each edge is sharpened, but the other faces may beengaged by reversing the position of the blade in the holder.

A safety razor constructed in accordance with this invention makes itpossible to strop the blade within the holder which secures the bladeduring Istropping without the disconnecting any parts of the device andthe blade during stropping is rigidly held relatively to the handle sothat it is possible to secure any desired pressure on the Sharpener.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade and? a blade holderhaving a supporting plate for coperation with the blade substantiallythroughout the length of the latter, and also having means for securingsaid blade to said supporting plate, of a handle rigidly connected tothe supporting plate at such a point that a space is provided for thepassage of a strop or Sharpener in a line transverse of the cutting edgeof the blade supported by said plate, and a guard for the blademovablefon the razor relatively to the supporting plate and to thehandle and from the planeof the blade to open said space for nthepassage of the strop or other Sharpener.

2. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade and a blade holderhaving a supporting plate for coperation with the blade substantiallythroughout the length of the latter, and also having means for securingsaid blade` to said supporting plate, of a 'handle having. rigidconnection with the plate at a point to provide a space at one side ofthe plate for the passage of a sharpener to engage with the blade inorder to move in a line transverse of the cutting edge of said-blade, aguard for the blade movable relatively to said holder and to the handleto open such space for the passage of a sharpener, and a guide on whichthe guard is adapted to move relatively to the handle to and from theplane of the blade.

` 3. In a safety razor, the combination with a double-edged blade and ablade holder having a supporting plate adapted to cooperate with theblade substantially throughout the length of the latter and between the`edges thereof to expose such edges for sharpening,y and also havingmeans for securing the blade to said supporting plate in such position,of a handle rigidly connected to the holder at a point to provide aspace at one side-of'said plate for the passage of a Sharpener, and aguard frame having guards coperating with both blade edges and movableon the razor relatively to the holder and to the handle and away fromthe plane of the blade to open a space between the blade holder and theguard frame for the passage of a Sharpener.

4. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade and a blade holderhaving a supporting plate cooperating with the blade substantiallythroughout the length of the latter, and also having means for securingsaid blade to said supporting plate, of a handle, a frame rigidlyconnecting the handle and the supporting plate of the blade holder andhaving a vspace for the passage of a Sharpener to engage the blade, anda guard for the blade movable on the razor within such space andrelatively to the holder and the handle and away from theplane of theblade to permit such Sharpener to engage the blade.`

5. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade and a blade holderhaving a supporting plate coperating with the blade throughout thelength of the latter, and also havingmeans for securing said blade tosaid supporting plate, of a handle having a 8f) rigid connection withone end only of the holder at one end of a cutting edge of the blade,such connection providing a space at one side of the plate. and a guideon which the guard moves relatively to the handle and the holder withinsuch space to expose the cutting edge of the blade for sharpening.

6. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade and a blade holderhaving a supporting plate for coperating with the blade substantiallythroughout the length of the latter, and also having means for securingsaid blade to said supporting plate, of a handle rigidly connected toone end only of the blade supporting plate at one end of a cutting'edgeof the blade to provide a space on one side of the holder for thepassage of a Sharpener, and a guard for the blade movable on the razorin said space and relatively to the holder and the handle to expose thecutting edge of such blade.

7 The combination with a blade and a blade holder having a supportingplate cooperating with such a blade substantially throughout the lengthof the latter and also having means for securing said blade to saidsupporting plate, a frame connected to the blade holder and formed witha space in proximity to the holder for the passage of a Sharpener, ahollow handle secured to the 115 frame, a guard for the blade, and a rodsecured to the guard to support the same in coperative relation with theholder and movable into the hollow handle when the guard is moved awayfrom the blade.

8. Thegcombination with a blade and a blade holder having a supportingplate cooperating with such a blade substantially throughout the lengthof the latter and also having means for securing said blade to 125 saidsupporting plate, of a supporting frame for the holder formed with aspace in proximity to the holder for the passage of a Sharpener, ahollow handle, a guard for the blade, a rod secured to the guard, andlill" meaaaa l means cooperating with the rod for holding the guard incooperative relation with the blade in the holder.

9. The combination with a blade and a.

blade holder having a supporting plate oooperating with such a bladesubstantially throughout the length of the latter and also having meansfor securing said blade to said supporting plate, of a supporting framefor the holder formed with a space in proximity to the holder for thepassage of a Sharpener, a hollow handle, a guard for the blade, a rodsecured to the guard and having a screw thereon adapted to operate inthe handle, and a nut for cooperation with the screw on the rod.

10. The combination with a blade and` a blade holder having a supportingplate eooperating with such 'a blade substantially throughout the lengthof the latter and also having means for securing said blade to saidsupporting plate, Vof a frame rigidly secured thereto and provided witha space in proximity to the holder for the passage of a Sharpener forthe blade, a hollow han dle secured to the frame, a. guard forcooperation with the blade, a rod secured to said guard having screwthreads thereon, and adapted to enter the handle, and a nut foreoperation with said threads to hold the guard in position relative tothe blade.

11. In a safety razor, the combination with a blade supporting plate,andfmeans for clamping a blade to the upper face thereof, of a hollow7handle connected to the supporting plate, a guard movable relatively tothe under side of the blade supporting plate, and a rod adjustable inthe han- Adle and connected to the guard.

12. The combination with a blade `supporting plate, and a guard movablerelatively thereto, of a hollow'handle secured l to one of said parts, arod adjustable in the handle and secured to the other of said parts,blade clamping means carried by said T. F. BOURNE, H. J. GAISMAN.

